Match Centre

Saturday January 5th, 1957

Football League Division Three (South)

Brighton and Hove Albion

2 - 0

2

D. Foreman (3'), D. Tennant (20')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

D. Foreman (3'), D. Tennant (20')
(HT: 2-0)

Attendance: 6,370

K.G. Aston

Lineups


1
GILL
2
THOMAS
3
LANGLEY
4
TENNANT
5
WHITFIELD
6
WILSON
7
GORDON
8
HUMPHRIES
9
HARBURN
10
FOREMAN
11
NEATE
1
CHANDLER
2
LEE
3
PEMBERY
4
CROSS
5
JACK
6
McSHANE
7
GIBSON
8
RICHARDS
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
DARCY

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday January 5th, 1957:

Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 2-0 Swindon Town Swindon
Colchester United Colchester United 3-2 Coventry City Coventry City
Northampton Town Northampton Town 4-1 Gillingham Gillingham
Norwich City Norwich City 2-2 Walsall Walsall
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 5-0 Exeter City Exeter City

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday January 5th, 1957:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Southampton Southampton 25 10 3 0 29 8 5 3 4 16 14 15 6 4 45 22 2.05 36
2 Torquay United Torquay United 26 10 3 0 37 14 3 5 5 8 26 13 8 5 45 40 1.13 34
3 Colchester United Colchester United 27 10 4 0 38 14 3 3 7 18 22 13 7 7 56 36 1.56 33
4 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 25 7 5 0 25 7 2 7 4 13 27 9 12 4 38 34 1.12 30
5 Newport County Newport County 23 8 4 0 23 7 1 6 4 10 12 9 10 4 33 19 1.74 28
6 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 26 10 2 1 40 9 2 2 9 15 26 12 4 10 55 35 1.57 28
7 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 26 8 5 0 34 12 2 3 8 14 21 10 8 8 48 33 1.45 28
8 Northampton Town Northampton Town 27 9 4 1 31 12 1 3 9 12 26 10 7 10 43 38 1.13 27
9 Reading Reading 25 8 2 2 23 13 3 3 7 22 28 11 5 9 45 41 1.10 27
10 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 27 8 3 2 30 16 2 4 8 18 28 10 7 10 48 44 1.09 27
11 Brentford Brentford 26 6 5 2 31 22 3 3 7 13 20 9 8 9 44 42 1.05 26
12 Watford Watford 26 7 2 4 26 20 4 2 7 17 23 11 4 11 43 43 1 26
13 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 26 8 4 1 24 10 1 4 8 8 24 9 8 9 32 34 0.94 26
14 Gillingham Gillingham 27 6 4 3 21 16 2 5 7 17 33 8 9 10 38 49 0.78 25
15 Walsall Walsall 27 5 6 2 25 13 2 4 8 15 27 7 10 10 40 40 1 24
16 Millwall Millwall 25 6 4 2 21 17 3 2 8 14 36 9 6 10 35 53 0.66 24
17 Southend United Southend United 26 7 3 4 23 14 1 4 7 18 30 8 7 11 41 44 0.93 23
18 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 25 4 6 4 19 19 2 5 4 18 23 6 11 8 37 42 0.88 23
19 Exeter City Exeter City 26 5 4 4 21 15 2 4 7 13 26 7 8 11 34 41 0.83 22
20 Aldershot Aldershot 26 6 3 4 26 26 2 3 8 21 33 8 6 12 47 59 0.80 22
21 Norwich City Norwich City 27 5 4 5 20 19 0 7 6 13 26 5 11 11 33 45 0.73 21
22 Coventry City Coventry City 25 6 3 3 22 14 1 4 8 12 33 7 7 11 34 47 0.72 21
23 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 25 4 5 3 18 16 3 1 9 13 26 7 6 12 31 42 0.74 20
24 Swindon Town Swindon 26 5 1 6 23 24 3 2 9 19 40 8 3 15 42 64 0.66 19